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By Garry Booth News that aerospace company Airbus and Paris underground operator RATP are looking into the viability of adding flying vehicles to the city’s urban transport network is an indicator of how changing modes Read more…

By Garry Booth Alarm bells are ringing over the human cost of air pollution in cities around the world. A new report by the World Health Organisation (WHO) states that 93% of the world’s children Read more…

By Dr Kat Kramer, Christian Aid’s Global Climate Lead To coincide with the launch of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change’s (IPCC) Special Report on limiting global warming to 1.5ºC above preindustrial levels earlier in Read more…

By Lara Green, Researcher, Market Intelligence, Lloyd’s Recent earthquakes affecting the Indonesian islands of Lombok and Sulawesi highlight the devastating humanitarian impacts of natural catastrophes, which Asia is vulnerable to due to its geographic profile. Read more…

Interview with Elizabeth Yee, VP, Resilience Finance, 100 Resilient Cities – Pioneered by The Rockefeller Foundation (100RC) What is the importance of cities having a strategic approach to resilience in relation to flooding? Building Read more…

By Lauren Hubbard Firefighters have reached full containment on the Mendocino Complex Fire, the largest recorded wildfire in California history, which burnt for more than a month at a time when in most years fire season has only Read more…

By Wendy May With ongoing heatwaves affecting many parts of the planet, bringing soaring temperatures to Europe, as well as the Middle East, Australia, Canada and the US, city officials are scrambling to cope with Read more…

By Michael W. Beck The risk of flooding in coastal cities around the world is growing so there is great interest in identifying effective solutions that can reduce it. It is increasingly clear that natural Read more…

By Garry Booth The tense atmosphere surrounding the Brexit negotiations was taken to a new level recently when Amazon’s UK CEO Doug Gurr said that there could be “civil unrest” within two weeks if Britain Read more…